Wascana parkrun, Regina

🌳Wascana Parkrun #259🌳

What an amazing turn out for a rainy day!!
We had a great group of runners, walkers, and one furry friend join us today 🤗 🐶
Thank you to everyone that helped with set up and take down, we really appreciate it 😊

Today we had:
👟 67- participants 🤩
👟 16- first timers!! 🙌🏻
👟 2- milestones 🌟
👟 15- PBs 🥇

Todays volunteers:
Run Director/Timekeeper- Craig Herrington
Tokens- Mehul Naik and his son
Barcode Scanner- Blair Wood and Jaelyn
Tail Walkers- Vasu Pancholi and Max Sage
First Timer Welcome- Leroy Berndt
Volunteer Coordinator- Ariel Jenson
Equipment Delivery- Thomas Hanna

If anyone has photos they would like to share with us from today, please email them to [email protected]

Hey wascana parkrun team!!
If you or someone you know is free this Saturday (June 6), our friends over at Run Regina could really use some more course marshals for the race!!
Follow the link in the post or search up “Run, Walk, Ruck for Mental Wellness” on race roster to sign up there 😄

🌳 Wascana Parkrun #258🌳

🌞🔥 Holy Parkrun PBs this morning! 🔥

What a hot Saturday morning at Wascana parkrun, and apparently the warm weather brought some extra speed with it! We recorded an incredible 21 Personal Bests today. Well done!

We’d also like to give a special shoutout to everyone who reached out after our volunteer call-out post on Thursday. The response was incredible, and thanks to this amazing community, we’re now almost fully staffed with volunteers for the entire month of June! Your willingness to step up and help is one of the many things that makes our parkrun so special.

Whether you ran, walked, volunteered, cheered, or joined us for the first time, thank you for being part of another fantastic Saturday morning. See you next week! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️☀️💙

Today we had:
👟 87- Participants 🤩
👟 9- First timers 🙌🏻
👟 2- Milestones 🌟
👟 21-PBs 🥇

This week’s volunteers were-
Run Director/time keeper: Ariel Jenson
Tokens: Meg Braithwaite
Barcode Scanner: Ray, Jaelyn
Tail Walkers: Leroy Berndt
First Timer Welcome: Leroy Berndt
Volunteer Co-ordinator: Ariel Jenson
Set up/tear down: Katherine Lynas, Logan Ning, Craig Herrington

If anyone has photos they would like to share with us from today, please email them to [email protected]

🌟 Milestone Mentions 🌟

We have another inspirational milestone!

Kerri has reached 50 parkruns!!!

Kerri heard about Parkrun from her cousin, signed up, but never got around to attending. Finally, on December 31, 2019 she made it to her first Parkrun!

In the beginning, she was really only interested in completing 5km. Slowly, she started to branch out and upped her mileage to 10kms. Before she knew it, she had completed a number of half and full marathons, and even the Canada Goose Ultra and Lost Our Marbles runs!

When visiting Ottawa, Kerri attended the Kanata parkrun. When they found out she was from Regina, their response was, “Oh, you are the speedy Parkrun!” 😜 Though Kerri wouldn’t say she’s speedy (we beg to differ), with the help of her run coach, she is getting faster 🙌🏻.

You will always see Kerri volunteering for many of the local races in and around Regina followed by completing those same races virtually! Coming up next, Kerri is going to push herself to see how far she can get at the Canada Goose Ultra 24-hour race.

Let’s cheer her on this milestone

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Have a milestone coming up or know someone who does? We’d love to celebrate with you! Parkrun Canada celebrates milestones at 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, and 1000.

Let us know in-person before Parkrun or pop us a message at [email protected]

🌟 Milestone Mentions 🌟

High-fives all around for this beauty! 25 parkruns and going strong!

In 2021, Bree decided to make a healthy lifestyle change as the impacts of Covid were starting to weigh on her. Five years later, running continues to have a positive impact on her life — giving her fresh air, movement, goals to chase, opportunities to challenge herself, and a healthy way to manage stress.

So far this year, she completed the 10K at the Gopher Attack Race in April, is heading to the Sask Marathon in Saskatoon for the Half Marathon at the end of May, and will take on her very first Full Marathon in Iceland this August!

Running has become more than just exercise for Bree — it’s improved her quality of life and opened the door to so many exciting adventures.

We can’t wait to see where the journey takes her next. 🏃🏼‍♀️

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Have a milestone coming up or know someone who does? We’d love to celebrate with you! Parkrun Canada celebrates milestones at 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, and 1000.

Let us know in-person before Parkrun or pop us a message at [email protected]

😄🚨 Volunteers needed! 🚨 😄

Did you know that Wascana Parkrun is 100% volunteer ran? It’s all made possible thanks to amazing people, like you, in our very own community!

⭐️As we head into June, we’re looking for volunteers for future events starting the week of June 6th! ⭐️

Whether you’re a regular runner, walker, spectator, or someone curious about getting involved in the community, volunteering is a fantastic way to be part of the fun. 🙌

No experience is needed at all. Every role is simple, and there’s always plenty of support and guidance provided by our amazing volunteer team. From tail walking to scanning barcodes or helping set up, there’s something for everyone.

If you’d like to help out at an upcoming event, send us a message on FB, or email us at [email protected]. We’d love to have you on the team! 💙

Side note: Did you also know that tailwalking counts as both a volunteer credit and running credit? 🤫 😬

Side side note: There’s also some pretty cool volunteer milestones and swag to earn 😉

🌳 Wascana Parkrun #257🌳

No snow, no wind 🤯, no debating whether trail shoes count as waterproof anymore. Just sunshine and the kind of weather we’ve been talking about since February. What a perfect morning at Wascana Parkrun!

It was fantastic to see such a great crowd out today and sooo many PBs 😳 well done! Whether you were running, jogging, walking, volunteering, or just here for the post-run coffee and socializing, we’re glad you came.

A huge thank you, as always, to our volunteers. Parkrun only happens because of the amazing people giving their time each week. If you’ve never volunteered before, we’d love to have you join the roster sometime this season! No experience needed, plenty of support provided, and guaranteed to leave you with that “feel good” feeling all weekend 😀

Have a great weekend and see you all next Saturday!

Today we had:
👟 85- Participants 🤩
👟 7- First timers 🙌🏻
👟 2- Milestones
👟 17-PBs 🥇

This week’s volunteers were-
Run Director/time keeper: Shawn Seguin
Tokens: Ray
Barcode Scanner: Ariel Jenson, Sherdonese
Tail Walkers: Craig Johnson
First Timer Welcome: Leroy Berndt
Volunteer Co-ordinator: Ariel Jenson
Set up/tear down: Katherine Lynas, Logan Ning, Patrice Turmel

If anyone has photos they would like to share with us from today, please email them to [email protected]

🌳 Wascana Parkrun #256🌳

Back at our summer course today and spring decided to welcome us with a classic Saskatchewan “mixed bag” forecast 🌦️😅 A little dampness, a pinch of snow, and just enough shoe “sog” to keep everyone on their toes!

It was fantastic to welcome so many first timers this morning! We hope you loved your first taste of parkrun and see you back again next week!

A huge thank you as always to our amazing volunteers who made the event happen. From setup to tokens and barcode scanning, parkrun simply couldn’t run without you 💙

We’re always looking for future volunteers as we head into the busy summer season, so if you’d like to help out one Saturday morning, let us know! No experience needed and plenty of support provided.

See you all next week! 👟

Today we had:
👟 76- Participants 🤩
👟 9- First timers 🙌🏻
👟 11-PBs 🥇
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This week’s volunteers were:

Run Director/time keeper: Ariel Jenson
Tokens: Nolan, Stephanie Davis-Yau
Barcode Scanner: Blair Wood, Shersonese
Tail Walkers: Patrice Turmel, Michel Turmel, Bob Evans
First Timer Welcome: Leroy Berndt
Volunteer Co-ordinator: Ariel Jenson
Set up/tear down: Shawn Seguin, Katherine Lynas

If anyone has photos they would like to share with us from today, please email them to [email protected]

Happy Parkrun-Eve!

Reminder that we change over to the summer route tomorrow! 😉

See you there!